Thunderstorm leaves wind damage

July 4, 2013

From Staff, Press Reports

A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage and power outages north of Eupora Friday evening. No injuries were reported.

The Eupora Fire Department responded to a tree on a residence with downed power lines on Mississippi 9 a mile north of the city, a transformer fire behind a residence on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and a tree and power lines down on Crowley Road.

The fire department received all three calls within minutes of each other, beginning around 5 p.m.

Agencies responding in the storm’s aftermath included the EFD, Webster County Sheriff’s Department, Webster County Emergency Management Agency, Natchez Trace Electric Power Association and Webster County supervisors.

Cheryl Wells surveys damage at the home of her mother-in-law, Allene Wells of 3427 MS Hwy. 9. A large oak tree was uprooted, grazing her house, and at least two others trees in her yard were broken. She was not home at the time.

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